This summer, we shined up our entryway with a few touches that make it feel super polished. We painted our ceiling and front doors, as well as added some beautiful furniture and accessories to the space! I hope you like our striped entryway reveal, because it’s super easy and affordable to get this look! Let me show you how!

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by The Brick. As always, all of the opinions here are my own.

The Story Behind the Stripes!

I knew that I wanted this space to be neutral, but I also wanted it to feel polished and stylish. Kind of like how you want your hair to be easy to maintain, but still look like it has a style so you get a super cute non-Mom bob. (Which reminds me….I need to do something with my hair! lol!)

In this case the non-Mom bob of the room is the striped ceiling AND striped door! The stripes are super bold and sassy, but with the light greige shade I chose they soften right into the space. I had originally wanted pink stripes and then I thought…nope…neutral, so I can change with my moods however I want in here. Now that it’s done, I love the choice!

I’m really proud of the striped doors in particular because I’ve never seen them anywhere and I love when I can do something all my own. Not to mention, the striped door makes the space feel like an Ice Cream parlour, which is a pretty good vibe to have! At the end of the post, you’ll find tips and tricks for how to measure and tape to paint your stripes.

Tricky Design Challenge

The trickiest part about the entryway is that there is a door right on the only wall. The door leads to the living room and we don’t use it. I wish I could just make it disappear but this is a heritage home and well you need to embrace it all, so I needed to find a way to still make that wall usable.

My solution was to centre the settee on the door and then to magically hang a mirror in the doorway. (By magically I mean by having a piece of wood installed in the doorframe to hang the mirror on;) )What do you think? With basically no wall space, I made room for the entryway essentials.

Entryway Essentials

With help from my friends at The Brick, I was able to find all the pieces that I needed to make this space feel super polished!

Wingback Settee

I chose the Lottie Wing-Back Hall Bench from The Brick for our entry.The tufting and nail head details feel really tailored. You might recognize this piece from our dining room that we did with The Brick! I used this bench on one side of the dining room table. For a change, I brought the bench into the entryway. I love this piece because you can style it in so many ways.  

Here’s a couple super cute pics of my Penelope and Juliette hanging out on it, waiting to leave!

Mirror

I chose the Inca mirror from The Brick. I am obsessed with scallop details right now, and the entire mirror is small shell scallops! It’s so gorgeous. I also love round mirrors! The mirror is 36″ which is really substantial. This mirror would also be perfect over an entryway console table or over a dresser. I wanted to put it over my bed too but I had to stay focused on finishing the entryway! lol! 

Side Table

The entryway is small, so I needed a side table that felt really airy. With an open work bronzy-brass base and glass top the Deon Side Table from The Brick was the perfect choice. I can’t get over how much sparkle the table adds to the space. This table is actually designed by The Property Brothers. They have an entire furniture line they just introduced called Scott Living and The Brick carries it! 

Coat Rack

I wanted to find a white coat rack.  I always see them in black and that just wasn’t going to fly with the airy, light, and bright feeling that I love in my home, so when I found the Lumai Coat Rack at The Brick in white I was sold. Its has an antique classic shape, which is perfect for our 1886 home. Now I just need to find a super cute umbrella to style in the base circle…how cute would that be? Like one with a wooden handle!

Faux Antique Mirror

I fell in love with the look and unique shape of this mirror from The Brick. Yup it’s not an antique! Can you even believe it? When I found it at the store it was hanging vertically and I knew I had to have it. I thought I would hang it horizontally, but I didn’t know where. Then suddenly, it hit me that it would look so perfect over our doorway. It’s also so fun that it makes it look like the stripes continue down the ceiling and onto the door! I can’t link the mirror because it’s one of The Brick’s take-home-today accessories which are all over the store. You just pop in and see what they have…I hope one of these mirrors is in your local store!

Tip and Tricks to Paint Stripes in Your Home

Measuring for the Striped Entryway

I got the help of Tyler from Fresh Coat for this space! I love that with his help I learned the exact right steps to take so that now it can be such an easy DIY for you! All you need is painters tape, a measuring tape, laser level if you have it, and one small can of paint!

The key is to plan out the stripes. For the door, I knew that I wanted the two doors to meet in the middle on a stripe and end on stripes on both sides, and so 5 grey stripes was the perfect number. That means a total of 9 stripes. Measure the total width of the two doors and divide by 9 and that’s the width of your stripes.

Learn From My Mistakes!

I should have done that same calculation on the ceiling because we start on grey but end on white. I’m telling you about the tiny mistake because now you won’t make it.  In hind sight, All I would have needed to do was have an odd number of stripes and then you know that you will begin and end on the coloured stripe. I learned this after the fact, and now I can save you from having to figure it out, so it’s all good because I LOVE you guys and sharing my renovation journey is what this blog is all about! It’s not noticeable at all which is awesome…it would have been big time on the door, so good thing I was super focused on that detail! Plus now I have learned the KEY to painting stripes and measuring for them which is pretty awesome.

How to Paint the Striped Entryway Ceiling and Doors

The easiest way to explain how it was done is to put a mark in pencil at one end for the first stripe (5 inches from edge of wall or desired stripe width) and then do the same on the opposite end of wall. Then have the laser level shine a line from end point to end point and tape along that line, then move on to the next line. In our case, we moved across the space in 5 inch increments.

Remember to tape the outside of the lines for the painted stripes. So it looks like your stripes aren’t the same size, but they are. It’s an optical illusion because the tape is always on the stripes that aren’t getting painted. It will make sense once you start…don’t worry!

DIY Faux Kilim Runner on the Stairs

The first project that we took on in our entryway was to paint and cover the stairway with a DIY faux kilim rug runner! Check out that post here!

What do you guys think of the space? Do you like the stripes? Oh and do you prefer the bench in our entryway or dining room?

Photos by the insanely talented Vicki Bartel

The girls dreamy dresses are from Aggie & Francois